some of the trans-alaska years have been positive. aaron alluded to the increase in the size of the trade deficit in recent years, but if you look at the percentage of increases in exports and imports, u.s. exports to china are increasing much more rapidly than u.s. imports from china. it depends on how you do the math. >> transport? >> yes, just picking up with that issue, the trade imbalance. it's also i think a point to look at the composition of our trade, and there are some oddities in the balance of trade. the biggest american exports to china right now is waste and scrap. that is not an area which we as a highly advanced country would seem to have a comparative advantage, but the fact that that's what we're able to export most easily to china, i think, points to some problems in gaining full access to chinese markets for the middle range, if not the highest technologies. again, i think we both agree that the playing field as it currently exists is not level, that china is systematically doing things that put its own companies a